Report: IRON MAIDEN Rocker-Turned-Pilot Heads Back To Day Job After Airline Collapse
November 21, 2011, 13 years ago
MailOnline reports:
IRON MAIDEN rocker BRUCE DICKINSON may have to return to music full-time after the dramatic collapse of the airline where he has worked for years as a senior pilot.
The 53-year-old singer, who works for Astraeus Airlines, was flying 250 holidaymakers from Jeddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia, to Manchester, when he learnt the airline was due to be placed into administration and had been ordered to cease operations with immediate effect.
The UK charter airline, which leases planes to many major carriers to cover routes when needed, has blamed 'lower-than-expected levels of business' during the summer a lack of contracts for winter 2011-2012, and 'some extremely bad luck with a number of technical issues', for the failure.
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